Vampire Weekend, Modern Vampires in the City (XL)

Here’s what happens when Tomorrow’s Harvest becomes yesterday’s news. To complement our Top 50 Songs of 2013, it’s time to count down the year’s best albums, from the Pretty Dazes to the Night’s Gambits, including a few budding Nashville stars, a Syrian wedding singer, some Atlanta trap minimalists, a pack of Norwegian meatball metallers, a pair of French robots, and Montreal’s most famous disco band. It’s just a reflector.

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